Horse-boot



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. RYAN, or MIDLAND, MICHIGAN.

HORSE-BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,109, dated April23, 1889.

Application filed April 11, 1887. Renewed December 4, 1888. Serial No.292,687. (No model.)

Boots; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, and one that will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

It is well known among horsem en that many, if not all, horsesinterefere when driven at a faster gait than their natural one. Byinterfering I mean striking their ankles or metacarpal bones with theshoe of the opposite foot; and the object of my invention is to providea perfect protection to the ankles or that port-ion of the leg.

My invention relates to an improvement in metallic interfering boots orpads for horses, which improvementwill be fully understood from thefollowing description,when taken in connection with the annexeddrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bootas applied to the right foot, or, rather, to the-ankle, and shows how itcovers it. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my boot or pad, looking onits inside-that is, as if applied to the left foot, and the footremovedfor the purpose of this view.

In the accompanying drawings like letters refer to like parts.

A is the boot or pad'as a whole.

B is the metallic plate or cap that covers the ankle.

O C, are metallic straps or bands, to which the buckles are attached.

D and D are leather straps or billets.

L is a lining of felt, wool, or kersey cloth.

T is the buckle end, secured to the straps G A and G by the rivet a. a

b are buckles.

c is an opening between the metal straps C and 0.

w is the point of opening between the straps C and O to admit the joint.(See Fig. 1.)

I purpose making these pads or boots from metal, either stamped ormolded, but preferably stamped from spring-brass. The advantage of ametallic boot or pad is that it will always keep its proper position, asthe disk portion can be cupped to fit around the ankle or metacarpal.

In practice the buckles are attached to the straps or bands 0 O by meansof the rivet a The leather straps are attached to the plate or boot B.By the same means the inner surface of the boot may be lined with some1naterial such as felt or kersey cloth.

It will be observed from the above description that the boot B isconcavo-conveX, and that it has formed integral with it the flexiblestraps G C; also, that I rivet leather straps D D to the boot, and thatI rivet the buckles b b to the metal straps.

Having thus fully described my present invention, what I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, i s- Theimproved article of manufacture herein described as an entirety,consisting of a metal plate of concavo-convex form, having formedintegral with it the two narrow springmetal straps, having an opening,6, between them to admit the joint of the ankle, the buckles b at theends of said straps, the leather straps D D, opposite said metal straps,and a suitable lining, L, upon the inner face of the concavo-conveXplate, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above as my invention I have hereunto setmy hand, in presence of two witnesses, at the city of Midland, Michigan,this 26th day of March, 1887 JOHN J. RYAN.

